BC-Crude Oil Futures

Key Points

• Crude oil prices rose in the morning session, with the September contract priced at $64.20, up $0.32 from the previous session.
• Trading volumes decreased significantly, with the September contract trading 80,418 contracts compared to 292,968 contracts on the prior Friday.
• The open interest stands at 2,076,160 contracts, representing a decline of 10,910 contracts.
• Overall, the day's trading saw prices for various contracts experiencing slight increases, indicating a modest upward trend in crude oil futures.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prices as of 4:30:00 PM Wednesday, August 13.

Light Sweet Crude (NYMX)

1,000 bbl.- dollars per bbl.

Contract	Open	High	Low	Last	Change	Today's Volume	Tuesday's Volume
Sep 25	63.07	63.38	61.94	62.65	-.52	255928	269586
Oct 25	62.38	62.59	61.29	61.93	-.55	188981	190111
Nov 25	61.80	62.10	60.85	61.47	-.54	95475	101615
Dec 25	61.60	61.79	60.57	61.18	-.52	96334	87419
Jan 26	61.35	61.62	60.47	61.05	-.51	33187	28971
Feb 26	61.29	61.55	60.43	61.01	-.48	15493	21691
Mar 26	61.40	61.51	60.44	61.01	-.44	25495	28579
Apr 26	61.35	61.47	60.48	61.02	-.41	6930	8527
May 26	61.41	61.48	60.59	61.03	-.38	8200	12661
Jun 26	61.27	61.46	60.46	61.03	-.35	27922	34102
Jul 26	61.24	61.41	60.43	61.01	-.34	3028	4343
Aug 26	61.36	61.36	60.62	60.98	-.32	2929	2516
Sep 26	61.29	61.29	60.82	60.96	-.29	5743	3166
Oct 26	61.28	61.28	61.28	60.95	-.27	546	198
Nov 26				60.97	-.25	373	336
Dec 26	61.16	61.31	60.44	60.99	-.22	28553	24333
Jan 27				60.96	-.20	488	114
Feb 27				60.93	-.20	222	47
Mar 27				60.95	-.17	1180	131
Apr 27				60.99	-.16	18	4
May 27				61.05	-.15	3	3
Jun 27	61.29	61.32	60.70	61.11	-.14	3123	2893
Jul 27				61.12	-.12	2	4
Aug 27				61.14	-.11	10	5
Sep 27				61.17	-.12	108	37
Oct 27				61.21	-.12	3	2
Nov 27				61.27	-.12	6	11
Dec 27	61.45	61.56	60.97	61.34	-.11	6132	3851
Jan 28				61.36	-.10
Feb 28				61.38	-.09		20
Mar 28				61.41	-.08		40
Apr 28				61.45	-.07		20
May 28				61.48	-.09
Jun 28	61.71	61.71	61.65	61.53	-.09	105	21
Jul 28				61.54	-.09
Aug 28				61.56	-.08
Sep 28				61.59	-.07
Oct 28				61.63	-.07
Nov 28				61.69	-.07
Dec 28	61.90	61.90	61.57	61.70	-.08	1495	457
Jan 29				61.66	-.09
Feb 29				61.72	-.07
Mar 29				61.73	-.08
Apr 29				61.76	-.09
May 29				61.77	-.08
Jun 29				61.82	-.08
Jul 29				61.81	-.08
Aug 29				61.81	-.08
Sep 29				61.79	-.08
Oct 29				61.86	-.08
Nov 29				61.87	-.08
Dec 29	62.09	62.19	61.96	61.93	-.09	201	46
Jan 30				61.89	-.08
Feb 30				61.87	-.09
Mar 30				61.82	-.09
Apr 30				61.90	-.09
May 30				61.92	-.10
Jun 30				61.93	-.10
Jul 30				61.87	-.11
Aug 30				61.90	-.11
Sep 30				61.87	-.12
Oct 30				61.87	-.12
Nov 30				61.92	-.13
Dec 30				61.95	-.13	61
Jun 31				61.87	-.13
Dec 31				61.85	-.12
Jun 32				61.76	-.12
Dec 32				61.64	-.12
Jun 33				61.47	-.12
Dec 33				61.27	-.12

Est vol 808,354

Tue.'s vol 825,860

Open int 2,068,978

Open Interest Change -58030